2000 Toronto Argonauts season

2000 Toronto Argonauts season
Owner(s)	{{{owner}}}
Head Coach	John Huard (1–6–1) Michael "Pinball" Clemons (6–4)
General Manager	J.I. Albrecht (7–10–1)
Home Field	SkyDome
Results
Record	7–10–1
Place	4th, East
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Uniform
File:CFL TOR Jersey 1996.png
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1999	2001

The 2000 Toronto Argonauts finished in 4th place in the East Division of the 2000 CFL season with a 7–10–1 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	4	Donnavan Carter	S	Northern Illinois
2	11	Richard Clarke	WR	Weber State
3	18	Carson Souter	K	Montana State
4	24	Benoit Meloche	LB	Laval
4	26	Kojo Millington	DE	Wilfrid Laurier
5	34	Brad Coutts	WR	British Columbia
6	42	Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette	DB	Laval

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Attendance	Record
A	June 17	Alouettes	SkyDome	T 13 – 13 (*)	10,077	0–0–1
B	June 27	@ Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	L 59 – 13	19,108	0–1–1

• * The Alouettes won this game in a pre-planned demonstration of the CFL's new overtime format 19–16.

Regular season

Season Standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	18	12	6	0	0	594	379	24
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	9	9	0	2	470	446	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	10	1	1	539	596	16
Toronto Argonauts	18	7	10	1	0	390	562	15

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Attendance	Record
1	July 6	@ Roughriders	Taylor Field	W 36 – 28	20,995	1–0–0
2	July 11	Alouettes	SkyDome	L 45 – 6	20,612	1–1–0
3	July 20	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	L 41 – 4	19,461	1–2–0
4	July 28	Tiger-Cats	SkyDome	L 23 – 17	15,345	1–3–0
5	August 4	@ Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	L 37 – 17	33,783	1–4–0
6	August 10	Blue Bombers	SkyDome	T 41 – 41 (4OT)	11,723	1–4–1
7	August 17	@ Lions	BC Place Stadium	L 36 – 26	19,858	1–5–1
8	August 24	Lions	SkyDome	L 51 – 4	11,350	1–6–1
9	September 4	@ Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	L 42 – 12	28,830	1–7–1
10	September 9	@ Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	W 24 – 12	24,064	2–7–1
11	September 15	Roughriders	SkyDome	L 44 – 17	28,724	2–8–1
12	September 22	@ Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	W 34 – 21	28,649	3–8–1
13	September 28	Stampeders	SkyDome	L 31 – 14	11,343	3–9–1
14	October 7	Tiger-Cats	SkyDome	W 29 – 12	20,729	4–9–1
15	October 13	@ Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	W 32 – 8	19,632	5–9–1
16	October 21	Eskimos	SkyDome	L 48 – 28	18,129	5–10–1
17	October 27	Blue Bombers	SkyDome	W 32 – 31	18,473	6–10–1
18	November 5	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	W 17 – 11	19,461	7–10–1

Postseason

Despite a late season run (6–4–0) under interim coach Michael "Pinball" Clemons, the Argonauts failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Awards and records

2000 CFL All-Stars

• SB – Derrell Mitchell
• P – Noel Prefontaine

Eastern Division All-Star Selections

• SB – Derrell Mitchell
• DT – Johnny Scott
• LB – Mike O'Shea
• LB – Calvin Tiggle
• P – Noel Prefontaine